Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Ride the Contact

Bounce Off

★★★☆☆ Age 9+ both feet Level 3 · Beat the Defender

Someone bumps into you. Instead of falling over, you lean in and keep going.

Set it up like this. Running with the ball, someone coming into your shoulder.

Study holds every step and names it. Flow runs them together at speed. Space bar plays and pauses; arrow keys step one frame.

  1. 1

    SINKBend your knees and get low before they hit you.

  2. 2

    LEAN INLean into them, shoulder to shoulder.

  3. 3

    FAR FOOTPlay the ball with the foot furthest from them.

  4. 4

    DRIVEKeep running. Do not stop to complain.

The five pictures from the book

Running with the ball, someone coming into your shoulder.

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1. Bend your knees and get low before they hit you.
7
2. Lean into them, shoulder to shoulder.
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3. Play the ball with the foot furthest from them.
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4. Keep running. Do not stop to complain.

Where the ball actually goes

The strip shows you; this shows the ball. Every turn in this book is a shape on the grass.

The shape the ball draws

1 2 3 4 Seen from above · you start at the feet

Straight up the pitch, small touches.

Practise it — Shoulder run

Run 15 metres with a friend leaning on you. 6 goes.

Coach says

Low and leaning beats tall and falling.

Watch out

  • Standing tall, so the bump knocks you over.
  • Playing the ball with the foot they can reach.